Books...novels...narrative fiction...that kind of thing
Let's get all chronological about this...
Stanley Young is Planning a Murder in a Very Precise and Intricate Manner
2013
G.A. Milnthorpe's first novel was a bit of an experiment....not a "whodunnit" but a "didyouthinkhedidit"?
"It came out of the question...if someone were so consumed by order...by routine...would that person try to commit a murder in an orderly and routine fashion?"
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Buy here: Stanley Young Is Planning a Murder: Amazon.co.uk: Milnthorpe, Gavin: 9781909421233: Books
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Second Hand Scott
2017
G.A. Milnthorpe's second novel.
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"I wanted to write a story about a man who specialises in picking up girls who have recently been jilted, dumped or brokenhearted. It would have been quite a dark story...as that isn't a particularly nice characteristic. But then I met a man called Scott...the nicest man alive...and I thought...what if this man who picks up broken women actually thought he was helping...?"
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Buy here: Second Hand Scott: Amazon.co.uk: Milnthorpe, G.A.: 9781782284390: Books
Charlie Farley Pumpkin-Bum and the Case of the Disappearing Twin
2019
G.A. Milnthorpe's first book for children...
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"This idea had been in my head for about ten years before I actually got around to writing it. It was inspired by my son, crawling around on the floor with a bright orange, oversized trilby on his head...like some sort of baby detective."
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Archibald Mountbank and the Miniscule Miracles
2022
G.A. Milnthorpe's third novel.
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"This might even be described as a serious novel...one about faith, hope, gullibility and the need to believe...
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